Is devolution strengthening or weakening the UK?

This chapter uses primary data to explore national identity in a post-devolved Britain. The results show that devolution was not a source of contending attitudes among people in Scotland and England, but that neither was there any post-devolution increase in public demand in England for regional government. On the other hand, a sense of British identity had weakened since 1999, while Scottish/English identify had increased. Although straightforward, the analysis was the most thorough at the time of the impact of devolution on social/political attitudes in England and Scotland.